Brush Lettering

Create beautiful calligraphy with brushes...

Rebecca Cahill Roots

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English

Batsford
24 October 2019

Book & paper crafts; Lettering & calligraphy

A beautifully illustrated practical guide to creating beautiful modern lettering with brushes and brush pens, complete with a sumptuous selection of projects.

For the follow-up to her popular book Modern Lettering, calligrapher extraordinaire Rebecca Cahill Roots, AKA Betty Etiquette, concentrates on the area of calligraphy that she's increasingly finding is the most popular: brush lettering. In this quirky and relatable guide, she guides you through how to usebrushes and brush pens to make exquisite letter forms. It's a beautiful, free spirited style that, once you've cracked the basics, you can add your unique personality to. The book is divided by type of media, with each section containing a set of exercises to help you get used to the pen or brush, an alphabet and a set of numbers to copy, and an example quote in the lettering style.

Sections include:

Using ink and brush

Lettering with watercolour

Lettering with gouache

Brush pens

Metallic brush pens

To finish off, there's a selection of pretty and practical projects to make using brush lettering, including sample layouts for bullet journals and celebration cards.

By: Rebecca Cahill Roots
Imprint: Batsford
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 189mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9781849945448
ISBN 10: 1849945446
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 24 October 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rebecca Cahill Roots is an esteemed calligrapher who runs stationery and design studio Betty Etiquette. She teaches workshops in various places including the V&A and Liberty London, as well as creating bespoke stationery and creative commissions for events, marketing and editorial. She is the author of Modern Lettering, also published by Batsford.